Chapter 102

Before Du Ruo could remember, Jiang Li had already leaned close to her ear and softly spat out three words: "Doctor Gu."

Du Ruo suddenly realized; that was right, it was him!

Then the other one, it went without saying, must be Doctor Gu's son, Gu Fusheng.

What were this father and son doing at the Bone Pavilion in the middle of the night? Could it be that, like her, they were also here to dig up a grave and steal a corpse?

Looking closely, she indeed saw a shovel in Doctor Gu's hand!

Gu Fusheng looked about eighteen or nineteen, and he was actually quite good-looking, tall and thin, but it was clear he was very afraid of ghosts, always hiding behind his father.

"Father, why don't we just go back? If we get caught, we're finished."

Doctor Gu refused. "I'd like to go back, but if I go back, you're the one who's finished."

He slammed the shovel onto the ground and said bitterly, "You turtle son, of all things to play with, you had to go and gamble, and gamble so big! One hundred taels of silver! What do you expect your father to use to pay it back? Even if I sold my life, it wouldn't be worth one hundred taels!"

Gu Fusheng shrank his neck and didn't dare to make a sound.

"Forget it, I'll just consider it as me owing you." Seeing his son's cowardly appearance, Doctor Gu softened a bit. "Your father has saved up two taels over the years by practicing medicine. If we steal Qin Shi's corpse tonight and sell it, we can get another twenty taels. Master Ma in the neighboring town said his son was born in the year of the Pig and needs to find a woman born in the year of the Tiger. Qin Shi happens to be born in the year of the Tiger, and she just died, so she's perfect for a ghost marriage for Master Ma's son."

So that was the ghost of an idea the Gu father and son had; they were truly lacking in virtue!

Du Ruo's impression of Doctor Gu worsened by a few degrees.

Previously, she had only thought Doctor Gu was stingy and collected medical fees indiscriminately; now it seemed it was far more than that. How could someone without a shred of medical ethics be worthy of practicing medicine? He was simply a disgrace to the medical world!

Below, Gu Fusheng said weakly, "But Father, even if we get Qin Shi over there, it's still not enough..."

The thugs in the gambling den had said that if he didn't pay back the money, they would cut off his two legs!

He regretted it to death. If he had known, he wouldn't have run away in the first place; anyway, besides being a bit silly, Zhu Niang wasn't bad, so he should have just married her. In the end, he hadn't escaped the marriage, and he had been tricked into that kind of place, the gambling den, and had ended up with a mountain of debt, causing his father to run to the graveyard in the middle of the night to steal a corpse.

"Don't worry, Father won't let you lose your legs."

Doctor Gu took a sharp dagger from his bosom, his expression fierce. "One Qin Shi isn't enough; isn't there another one in her belly? Anyway, since they're dead, it's better to let us make them into medicine and sell them for money; it can be considered dying for a cause."

Du Ruo and Jiang Li looked at each other; although they couldn't see clearly, both could feel the other's shock.

This Doctor Gu truly had no bottom line for money, not even sparing an unborn infant; he was simply evil to the extreme!

They had to teach him a harsh lesson.

Du Ruo's thoughts raced, and she immediately thought of a good idea. Although fishing for law enforcement wasn't encouraged, she felt it was very necessary to deal with scum like Doctor Gu.

But that was for later; for now, they had to drive them away, otherwise, there would be danger if Qin Shi stayed in the coffin for too long.

Doctor Gu was just about to take action when he suddenly said "Eh."

"How come this grave has already been dug up?"

Gu Fusheng was already scared to death, and hearing this, his legs went weak. "Father, Father, could it be..." a ghost?

Doctor Gu was still relatively calm. "Impossible, where are there ghosts in this world? The so-called ghosts are all just the human heart playing tricks; perhaps those who sent her off were afraid of the dark and ran away without burying her properly."

Just as he finished speaking,

a shrill and creepy miserable laugh suddenly rang out in their ears, mixed with strange swallowing sounds.

"I died so miserably... return my life... *ga ga ga ga*... give me your life!"

"Ghost!" Gu Fusheng threw the lantern he was holding and ran away, not even caring about his father, fleeing in a panic.

Although Doctor Gu was a bit bolder, he couldn't help but tremble, but he still braced himself, rolled his eyes, and shouted, "Who? Who is pretending to be a ghost there!"

*Swish*, a branch flew straight toward him and wrapped around his neck.

It seemed to want to strangle him.

"Come... come down and keep me company!"

Doctor Gu's psychological defense finally collapsed; he stumbled, crawled, and tripped twice on stones before finally escaping this terrifying place.

Only then did Jiang Li jump down from the tree with his wife.

Du Ruo coughed a few times. "I was suffocating; finally, they've been scared off."

Pretending to be a ghost wasn't easy either; it hurt her throat.

Jiang Li looked at her, wanting to speak but stopping, his expression indescribable.

Could he say that his wife's ghost wails had scared him enough? It was too realistic, just as if she had really been a ghost before.

With no obstacles, the couple hurriedly got to work and soon carried Qin Shi out of the coffin. Du Ruo checked her; fortunately, she was still alive, but there were only forty minutes left.

The two restored the grave mound to its original state; of course, there was only an empty grave left inside.

It took another quarter of an hour on the road to get home.

Du Ruo had Jiang Li carry Qin Shi to the operating table and then chased him out to stand guard, not allowing anyone to enter.

She herself changed into a sterile suit and began the difficult surgery.

Outside the door, Jiang Li leaned against the wall, staring blankly at the door.

He rarely had moments of blankness, but now, besides being blank, he didn't know what else he could do.

His wife was not right, too not right!

Why did she say Qin Shi wasn't dead?

Why did those strange things suddenly appear out of thin air in the room?

Why did she say she could save Qin Shi and the child in her belly?

Could his wife have the ability to bring the dead back to life?

How could this be possible? All of this was too incredible; it was no longer just a matter of medical skill, because no matter how strong the medical skill, it was impossible to create something from nothing.

Jiang Li truly couldn't figure it out.

The door to the next room opened, and Jiang Cheng walked out, rubbing his eyes. Seeing him, he was stunned. "Big Brother, it's so late, why are you standing here punishing yourself?"

Jiang Li glanced at him, not wanting to talk.

"Oh, I know." Jiang Cheng had a sudden realization. "You were kicked out of the room by Big Sister-in-law, right?"

He enthusiastically gave up the doorway. "It's okay, Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law isn't a petty person, she'll surely be over it by tomorrow. Come on, I'll share half my bed with you."

The veins on Jiang Li's forehead throbbed. "Go to sleep!"

Jiang Cheng: "But I haven't peed yet..."

Jiang Li took a deep breath, turned his head, and couldn't be bothered to look at that stupid kid again.

The night deepened; the rooster crowed for the first time, and then for the second time.

That door finally opened.

Du Ruo walked out, exhausted. Seeing Jiang Li still guarding the door, she smiled and opened her arms to hug him.

"Husband, I owe you an explanation, don't I?"